General Plan Safety Element Update
El Dorado County is in the process of updating its Public Health, Safety, and Noise Element (Safety Element). The Safety Element is one of the seven mandatory elements of the El Dorado County General Plan. State law requires that the County update the Safety Element upon revision of the Housing Element, which it updated in August 2021. Updates to the Safety Element will meet the requirements of California Government Code Section 65302(g) as updated by Senate Bills 1241, 379, and 1035, and will be consistent with the recently updated Housing Element.
This webpage provides the most current information on the Safety Element update process. It will provide you with background information, documents, resources, and opportunities to be involved in the process and provide feedback on the Safety Element.
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Public Survey
Please complete a public survey for the County’s Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA)! The purpose of this survey is to collect information from the public and stakeholders to better understand the climate vulnerabilities within the County as well as solicit input on the needs to best adapt to, mitigate, or reduce, the climate impacts before they occur.
The County is developing a Climate Vulnerability Assessment (CVA) to support the County’s General Plan Safety Element update. The CVA will identify climate-related natural, human-caused, and public health hazards that the County is exposed to, as well as confirm how climate change would affect the hazards. The CVA will also describe how climate change and the affected hazards will further impact the County’s socially vulnerable populations, property, critical assets and infrastructure, natural resources, and economic assets. Adaptation framework and strategies will then be developed to address the potential climate-related hazard impacts.
The survey should take less than 8 minutes to complete. The feedback will be shared with the Safety Element Advisory Committee to inform the planning process. Please complete this survey by March 31, 2023. Thank you for your participation!
Get Involved!
Do you want to be involved during the Safety Element Update process? Please sign up to receive
Safety Element updates. You can also check back here for Safety Element updates, meeting announcements, documents, and resources. For additional information, please review the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) tab below.
If you have questions or would like more information, please contact:
Thea Graybill
Senior Planner, Long Range Planning
County of El Dorado Planning and Building Department
thea.graybill@edcgov.us
(530) 573-7908